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    CPRA

    Accessing Aggregated Medical Information for COVID-19 Deceased

    […] has the type of data you are seeking, and it can reasonably segregate personally identifiable information, it should do so. Additionally, where information is stored in an electronic format, the agency can be requested to compile and/or extract certain data. Cal. Gov. Code § 6253.9(a). This could include aggregate numbers like the data you […]

    October 30, 2020

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    CPRA

    Costs soar for City Council meeting DVDs

    I know that cities cannot charge for staff time when it comes to making photocopies in public records requests. Does this extend to DVDs as well? It appears we are being charged staff time, so DVDs now cost $18each. Previously I was able to get them free by bringing in a blank DVD disc, […]

    September 5, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    Newsgathering

    Can police videotape me in my home without consent?

    […] to be confined to the parties thereto."). (a) Every person who, intentionally and without the consent of all parties to a confidential communication, by means of any electronic amplifying or recording device, eavesdrops upon or records the confidential communication, whether the communication is carried on among the parties in the presence of one another […]

    December 2, 2011

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    Newsgathering

    Can police use hidden cameras to videotape the public without consent?

    […] to be confined to the parties thereto."). (a) Every person who, intentionally and without the consent of all parties to a confidential communication, by means of any electronic amplifying or recording device, eavesdrops upon or records the confidential communication, whether the communication is carried on among the parties in the presence of one another […]

    October 26, 2011

  • Latest News

    Blog Cases

    LAPD’s use of “Stingray” cell-phone monitoring tool revealed by FAC public records request

    […] judicial authorization for deployments of the Stingray, it is not clear whether the judges or magistrates are given complete or accurate information about the scope of the electronic "searches" they are approving. This issue has figured prominently in a criminal prosecution in federal court in Texas involving FBI use of a Stingray. For more […]

    February 15, 2013

  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    FAC Fights Unprecedented Effort by School District to Recover Nearly $500K From Records Requester

    […] type of fee recovery." FAC and the ACLU are joined in the brief by Californians Aware, the California News Publishers Association, the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Los Angeles Times and the McClatchy Company, which publishes the Sacramento Bee, among other publications. Read the full amicus brief here. For further […]

    February 6, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Community College Senate, Listservs, and Public Record

    […] pedagogical issues surrounding the faculty. Currently, around 80 faculty out of the 400 employed are subscribed to the listserv and are able to send and receive messages electronically to/from the whole group.  Among the subscribers is a quorum of the college's Academic Senate. Before subscribing, even just to receive messages, one must go through […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Blog

    2007 Open Government Legislative Roundup: Some successes and some failures

    […] and presentation documents to be fully functional in a variety of applications, whereas documents for the current standard, Microsoft Office, are typically only fully functional in Microsoft Office. Advocates of the bill claimed it would reduce the costs of archiving electronic documents and would have improved access to public documents requested in an electronic format.

    June 3, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Court Records CPRA

    How Do I Submit CPRA Requests to a CA County Court?

    Does a court, judge and/or legal research attorney need to comply with a CPRA request? How can citizens format a CPRA request to view or obtain access to ALL records: electronic files, emails and texts from all devices? Should separate requests be filed for state & county agency?  Is there a clean format to avoid delays?

    June 15, 2018